Matthew 1 - Prayer Tents

1The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son:G976G1078G2424G5547G5207G1138G5207G11 2Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers,G11G1080G2464G1161G2464G1080G2384G1161G2384G1080G2455G2532G846G80 3Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram,G1161G2455G1080G5329G2532G2196G1537G2283G1161G5329G1080G2074G1161G2074G1080G689 4Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon,G1161G689G1080G284G1161G284G1080G3476G1161G3476G1080G4533 5Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse,G1161G4533G1080G1003G1537G4477G1161G1003G1080G5601G1537G4503G1161G5601G1080G2421 6Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother),G1161G2421G1080G1138G935G1161G1138G935G1080G4672G1537G3588G3774 7Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa,G1161G4672G1080G4497G1161G4497G1080G7G1161G7G1080G760 8Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah,G1161G760G1080G2498G1161G2498G1080G2496G1161G2496G1080G3604 9Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah,G1161G3604G1080G2488G1161G2488G1080G881G1161G881G1080G1478 10Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah,G1161G1478G1080G3128G1161G3128G1080G300G1161G300G1080G2502 11Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile.G1161G2502G1080G2423G2532G846G80G1909G3350G897 12When the Babylonian exile ended, Jehoiachin had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel,G1161G3326G3350G897G2423G1080G4528G1161G4528G1080G2216 13Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor,G1161G2216G1080G10G1161G10G1080G1662G1161G1662G1080G107 14Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud,G1161G107G1080G4524G1161G4524G1080G885G1161G885G1080G1664 15Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob,G1161G1664G1080G1648G1161G1648G1080G3157G1161G3157G1080G2384 16Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ.G1161G2384G1080G2501G435G3137G1537G3739G1080G2424G3588G3004G5547 17There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ.G3767G3956G1074G575G11G2193G1138G1180G1074G2532G575G1138G2193G3350G897G1180G1074G2532G575G3350G897G2193G5547G1180G1074

The Birth of Jesus

18The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.)G1161G1083G2424G5547G2258G3779G1063G846G3384G3137G3423G2501G4250G2228G846G4905G2147G1722G1064G2192G1537G40G4151 19Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced.G1161G2501G846G435G5607G1342G2532G3361G2309G3856G846G3856G1014G630G846G630G2977 20While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant.G1161G846G1760G5023G2400G32G2962G5316G846G2596G3677G3004G2501G5207G1138G5399G3361G3880G4675G3137G1135G1063G1080G1722G846G2076G1537G40G4151 21She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—'God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins."G1161G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424G1063G846G4982G846G2992G575G846G266 22This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term:G1161G3650G5124G1096G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G2962G1223G4396G3004 23Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Emmanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us").G2400G3933G1722G1064G2192G2532G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G1694G3739G3177G2076G2316G3326G2257 24Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary.G1161G2501G1326G575G5258G4160G5613G32G2962G4367G846G2532G3880G846G1135 25But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.G2532G1097G846G3756G2193G3739G5088G846G4416G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424